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Cybersecurity Headlines is a six-minute news podcast available every weekday at 6 A.M. ET. At the start of the week (Mondays at 4 P.M. ET) we invite two security pros to comment on the top stories on the companion Department of Know show where viewers can participate live. Department of Know also made available via podcast feed.

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CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

Cybersecurity Headlines

Week in Review: Microsoft phishing warning, Callback phishing scams, Log4J forever

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This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, June 6-10, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Carla Sweeney, VP Information Security...
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Cybersecurity News: C.I.A. Vault 7 engineer convicted, Hackers targeted Jan 6 journalists, Twitter’s brief outage

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Ex-C.I.A. engineer convicted in biggest theft ever of Agency secrets Joshua Schulte, a former Central Intelligence Agency software engineer who was arrested after the 2017...
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Cybersecurity News: Massive phishing operation, 3 million downloadAndroid malware gets millions of downloads, Spectre-like x86 attack

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Microsoft warns of massive phishing operation The company warned of a massive series of phishing attacks targeting over 10,000 organizations since September 2021. These attacks...
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Cybersecurity News: FTC anonymization crackdown, TikTok privacy change, gov’t contractor pays $9 million

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FTC is cracking down on false claims of anonymizing data On Tuesday, the FTC warned tech companies against making deceptive data-anonymization claims. The FTC is...
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Cybersecurity News: Experian logins dangerous, NSO deal off

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French telco struggling after ransomware attack On July 4th, a ransomware group hit the French telco La Poste Mobile. While service remains available, the most...
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Cybersecurity News: China censors 1B hack, Pentagon’s bug bounty, Tech hiring cools

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China tries to censor what could be biggest data hack in history This is a follow-up to the story we covered last week, in which...
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Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – July 4-8, 2022

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Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review – July 4-8, 2022   This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, June 6-10, is...
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Cybersecurity News: Cisco, Fortinet patches, RCMP snoops, IDEs can launch attacks

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Cisco and Fortinet release security patches for multiple products On Wednesday, Cisco released patches for 10 security vulnerabilities across various products. One of these flaws,...
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Cyber Security Headlines – Rise of Brute Ratel, cyberattacks hitting law enforcement, Apple lockdown mode

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Attackers moving off Cobalt Strike Cracked versions of the Cobalt Strike attack toolkit have become a staple of threat actors’ arsenal over the years, letting...
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Cyber Security Headlines – Hack affects 1 billion people, phishing gang takedown, NIST quantum-proof algorithms

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Hacker claims to have stolen personal data of 1 billion Chinese citizens Last week, an individual using the alias ‘ChinaDan’ posted on a hacker forum...
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Cyber Security Headlines – Jenkins’ 0-day bugs, HackerOne employee sells bugs, preventable issues lead Q1 attacks

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Jenkins discloses dozens of zero-day bugs in multiple plugins Thursday saw the Jenkins security team unveiling 34 security flaws affecting 29 plugins within the Jenkins...
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Cyber Security Headlines – New SOHO router malware, employees use prohibited apps, Google battles bots

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A new sophisticated malware is attacking SOHO routers An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of small office/home...
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Cyber Security Headlines – NATO’s rapid response cyber force, deep fake job interviews, shipping cyber attacks

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NATO to create rapid response cyber force The declaration calling for the force's creation cites the success of Ukraine’s cyber defense based around a rapid...
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Cyber Security Headlines – Stolen PII job applications, Russia data fines, Premier League crypto

Sean Kelly -
Stolen PII and deepfakes used to apply for tech jobs The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning that cybercriminals are using Americans' stolen...
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Cyber Security Headlines – Ransomware bug bounty, KillNet hits Lithuania, ICS security bill clears House

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Ransomware gang launches bug bounty Bug bounty programs have become increasingly common with tech companies in recent years, offering monetary rewards for security researchers who...
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